RAD Data comm Managing IP Parameters of the IPmux-11 Host, To enable Dhcp client

Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 4 Configuration

To enable DHCP client:

1. From the System menu, select Host IP.

The Host IP menu appears (see Figure 4-2).

2. From the Host IP menu, select DHCP, and choose Enable.

IPmux-11 starts broadcasting requests for an IP address. When the DHCP server is found, IPmux-11 receives from it all necessary host IP parameters.

3.From the Host IP menu, select DHCP Status to view the current status of the IPmux-11 DHCP client:

Server ID (IP address of the DHCP server)

Lease expiration time (Time when the IP address lease expires)

		Current status – (Current status of the DHCP client: Locating Available
		Server, Waiting for Confirmation of Lease, etc)
	Note	When the IP address lease is going to expire, DHCP client automatically requests
		lease extension.
Configuration>System>Host IP
1.	IP address		... (Empty)
2.	IP mask		... (Empty)
3.	Default gateway		... (0.0.0.0)
4.	DHCP		(Enable)
5.	DHCP Status		>
>
Please select item <1 to 5>			1 Mngr/s
ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit

Figure 4-2. Host IP Menu

Managing IP Parameters of the IPmux-11 Host

IPmux-11 allows entering IP parameters manually or using parameters acquired from the DHCP server.

To define the IP parameters manually:

1. Disable DHCP client.

IPmux-11 releases the current IP address by sending the release message to the DHCP server, sets all host IP parameters to 0.0.0.0 and reboots itself automatically.

2.From the Host IP menu, perform the following: Select Host IP list to define the host IP address Select IP mask to define the host IP mask.

Select Default gateway to set the default gateway IP address.

Note The default gateway must be in the same subnet as the host.

IPmux-11 Ver. 2.00 Configuring IPmux-11 for Management 4-3